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• . And, and I think it's important. Trash days Hate that. Um, just out of general interest, I'm gonna have the Athens
• for the poll or can we close it? Uh, I think need more contractor a We have a contract with National Athens
• . We're gonna bring Athens in on February 9th and talk to them about SB 1 3 83, the implementing of that program. Correct

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• , I've, I've appreciated you as mayor, um, being able to, to talk to you about things like, um, you know, Athens

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• for certain situations, if community members need assistance for due to their abilities or seniors, do they help out? We help out wherever we can specifically with trash can issues. If somebody has the inability to to bring out or take back their trash cans, we refer them to Athens
• for certain situations, if community members need assistance for due to their abilities or seniors, do they help out? We help out wherever we can specifically with trash can issues. If somebody has the inability to to bring out or take back their trash cans, we refer them to Athens
• somebody has, uh, the inability to, to bring out or take back their trash cans, uh, we refer them to Athens for

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• reason why I'm here tonight is to talk about cleanup Saturdays because of c the city council and Athens Curbed. The, um
• Athens, um, provides a number of those benefits continually. So any of us who are Athens customers in West Covena can
• the former mayor and also with the Athens representative to see if we can't market that. And if we could make
• single week. No, I, there's an interest in doing what you're suggesting. I'm happy to explore that with Athens as well
• loud and clear, and I'll see if we can do both. I'm meeting quite more often now with Athens around the SB 1 30

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• taken from Suburban Water, Athens and TransTech to name a few of the companies. But remember, we paid them for their

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• , George. Regarding the trash cans, Athens already offers that service free of charge. Who Athens services are trash hauler off
• that it will, we will verify with Athens, but my understanding is that it's free of charge for seniors who need
• corporately with the Athens. We'll follow up on your suggestion, Mayor, that we try and get the word out about the
• available services for Athens. And also maybe top five or top 10 code enforcement issues. It could be easily remedied

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• MEASURES TO COMPLY WITH CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 1383, NPDES STORMWATERREGULATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE ATHENS

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• haven't been here for awhile. Thank you. I'm here to speak about a subject that pains me. It's called the Athens
• two audits by state agencies. Both of them were extremely critical of the city about because of the Athens contract
• 18. Tonight. This agenda item has several parts, regulatory compliance, the city's business practices, how much Athens is going
• gross receipts as a franchise fee to the city. And Athens kicks back to the city $300,000 to be used at
• the city's description discretion. Option one is the better option for no party except Athens option one, add services to the
• Athens contract that has nothing to do with refuge collection or SB 1383 compliance. Those unrelated services are graffiti
• those services. Athen kick Athens kicks back to the city. $1.2 million annually that's $1.2 million does not come out of
• Athens profits. It comes directly out of the residents' pocketbooks. The residents that you represent, The Athens contract amendment
• raises another of other concerns as well. Due to time limitations, I will mention just one. The Athens contract has that
• audits, adding services to the Athens evergreen contract and adding those services without competitive bidding is inappropriate and violates
• . I was going to speak on the Athens, but I don't think I can add any more to what previous speakers have
• , readjusted their grievances. We welcome that and we're glad they're here. Um, four of our speakers tonight spoke about the Athens
• , who is our contract, um, representative of our contract street sweeper that Athens contract would, if amended for
• in services or across seven categories. These regulations have prompted changes to our current trash agreement with Athens
• in which Athens would provide at least 100 hours per week of graffiti removal services valued at 550,000, a
• recovery program, uh, with the cog and to either amend the agreement with Athens to either include the
• , continue negotiations with Athens. That concludes my presentation. And at this time I'll take any questions. Okay. Any
• questions of staff? Okay. Um, I've got a question. How about, um, have we had discussions with Athens related to
• Wednesday Athens we got in while we'll be the proper charge. So in that way, Alice, we don't have to
• with Athens. We have at least another, you know, 26 years together. Uh, and so, you know, I think, you
• out right. The cost to the residents and, you know, Athens, you know, does have a guarantee for the
• we should keep this separate from a contract with the Athens. I think that we should move forward with having
• negotiations with Athens so that we're not rushed because we are rushed right now. I mean, we have this, this
• continue negotiations with Athens And the other part, this, uh, Councilman to by mentions that we're going to see
• negotiate with the Athens. Okay. To find a common ground is my emotion. And if you could, uh, reach out
• , at least strong emphasis, um, to look at alternative options of how to work with Athens, um, related to
• option three, which is to continue to negotiate with Athens. All right, Correct. Yeah. In the fashion, I mentioned

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• eager to offload, uh, the responsibility to keep the city graffiti free to Athens, which is, which is a tax increase
• , uh, when we pay the, uh, increased fees to Athens. But, uh, on the contrary, they, the council seems eager to

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• consultant or will Athens handle all of the reporting requirements and provide the reports to the city? And if so, the
• . We are finishing the contract to shift those responsibilities to Athens, and that will be presented to the city council
• with Athens, um, actively right now, Mr. Agee had some questions about a code enforcement matter, and I will follow

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• MEASURES TO COMPLY WITH CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 1383, NPDES STORMWATER REGULATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE ATHENS

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• removal service citywide, which Athens service waste monopoly may soon provide using higher franchise fees. Utility taxes increase costs
• , uh, Athens. Wow. I have such mixed feelings about Athens and I probably shouldn't say anything, but I'm gonna anyway. Uh
• , first of all, Athens is the Cadillac plan and if we didn't have Athens, I think we would all miss it
• . And that's in no way an endorsement for Athens because they, frankly, they pissed me off a couple of times. Uh
• another, another trash company. Um, Athens is pretty responsive to, uh, you know, special requests. We have there a big
• park without Athens. And, uh, so I wouldn't want to have to be one of the people making that decision about Athens
• Athens contract, which is on agenda for council consideration tonight. There's some new state laws which transfer many, many new
• by the new Senate bill change. So with that, I'll entertain any questions. And the, uh, holler is Athens is also
• . You have a, And Mike, if I may, I'll have Athens kind of address that because they provided these numbers, um
• the cities that Athens service or this is just general? No, those are cities that Athens and does, and does not
• service they're both. There are other haulers, Some, some is Timbo CDs on the Athens. Yes. Yeah. And it's some, a
• about relationships very much here, but I'd like to start by wanting you to understand this contract in this way. Athens
• state auditor was, was, I mean, not only, uh, the, the 25 year evergreen with Athens, but, but getting into these
• , if now the, the, the median, the graffiti and the street sweeping is swept into this Athens contract, um, in 20, 28
• from, from, from Athens perspective, um, you know, to, to provide these, you know, uh, three items, uh, at over $2 million
• , um, w I, what is, what is Athens get from this, right? This is a right. It's not like you're in the
• . Athens is a partner in that, but make no lie. It's very expensive for us for the first seven or eight
• Athens, uh, and then right in LA, right. W we're we're, we're creating a situation where that, that evergreen clause
• smart residents and they know the value of Athens. And they're not, they're not here complaining about it. There's
• can, But it says city attorney, The council has come in, call it up. But again, I think Athens would have
• comparative rate chart for the other cities that we had as part of this PowerPoint, these weren't all Athens
• to take your direction if you want me to reach out to other of, of Athens client cities to gauge
• that Athens, um, residents doesn't have a complaint with Athens, like I've mentioned, and, and you've delivered exceptional
• Athens. Well, the company there, um, and the facility is very clean, but I just, with this, we just want
• , we don't question that we love Athens. It's just, we want to make sure their residents are getting the